The majority of research that has been previously conducted has focused on the use of nonverbal behaviors, in marriages, as a way to maintain stable relationships. In this study the researchers focus is on whether there is a positive correlation between positive nonverbal behaviors and the duration of dating, committed, and martial relationships. Moreover, the researchers are examining the rela...

The nonverbal communication can be used as a communication means between avatars having no common language in the Internet. Recently the sign language communication[1] system between avatars of different languages has been investigated as a means of overcoming the linguistic barrier. In this paper, we proposed an intelligent communications method, where sets of animations parameters such as the...

Among the many possibilities of automation enabled by multi-sensor environments several of which are discussed in this Handbook one particularly relevant is the analysis of social interaction in the workplace, and more specifically, of conversational group interaction. Group conversations are ubiquitous, and represent a fundamental means through which ideas are discussed, progress is reported, ...

Non-verbal communication (NVC) plays a major role in various aspects of human life (Andersen, 2004; Cameron, 2001; Johnstone, 2008). Children learning their first language come to realize non-verbal communication as their socialization process takes place (Fletcher & German, 1990; Ingram, 1996; Owens, 2001). However, most EFL learners may have little exposure to these non-verbal aspects of comm...

BACKGROUND Significant information exchange occurs between a doctor and patient through nonverbal communication such as gestures, body position, and eye gaze. In addition, empathy is an important trust-building element in a physician: patient relationship. Previous work validates the use of virtual patients (VP) to teach and assess content items related to history-taking and basic communication...

Mediated communication technologies, conveying verbal and nonverbal cues, are more and more employed in learning activities. Nevertheless, their effects on teacher-student interaction have been not clearly stated yet. Through two experimental studies, we investigated on the effects of nonverbal communication cues (kinesic and ostensive-inferential) on synchronous mediated tutoring dialogue, in ...

Emotional information can be conveyed by verbal and nonverbal cues with the latter often suggested to exert a greater influence in shaping our perceptions of others. The present functional magnetic resonance imaging study sought to explore attentional biases toward nonverbal signals by investigating the interaction of verbal and nonverbal cues. Results obtained in this study underline the previ...

We experimentally study the effect of mode digital communication on emergence trust in a principal-agent relationship. consider three modes that differ capacity to transmit nonverbal content: plain text, audio, and video. Communication is pre-play, one-way, unrestricted, but its verbal content homogenized across treatments. Overall, both audio video messages have positive (and similar) as compa...